KARACHI: Olympic hockey champions Australia have pulled out of the elite six-nation men's Champions Trophy event in Pakistan in December because of security fears, officials said yesterday.
The move comes after a wave of suicide bombings and other attacks by militants in Pakistan following an army raid on the Red Mosque in Islamabad earlier this month.
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